I found a few video’s on YouTube that were stories about women in a working poor situation that were very sad. The one video that absolutely broke my heart was a story about a single African America mother, who had six children. The biggest struggle for this family, and the mothers biggest heart ache was keeping her family together under one roof. In this story, the mother had three boys and three girls and they were forced to live separately for durations of time because it was hard to find shelters to take in a family of seven. The mother and the three girls found refuge at a women’s shelter however her three sons were forced to find shelter elsewhere. The oldest son was able to stay in a church, the middle son slept in a vehicle, and the youngest son stayed with his friend during the time that his mother and sisters were in the women’s shelter. This family’s struggle began when the children’s father died and there was continuous downward cycle.
Stories like this one are very common when it comes to working poor mothers and mothers living in poverty. The everyday struggles that these women face include providing food for their families, which in many of these stories, mothers did not eat some meals to ensure their children had enough food to eat. Another major struggle for these women is securing transportation for them to get to and from work as well as taking their children to and from school or childcare. Other concerns are making sure that their work schedules fit to their childcare arrangements or making sure childcare arrangements fit their work schedules. Due to the welfare reform these women have to make sacrifices in taking jobs and taking less pay just to ensure they have a job to receive the benefits they need from the government.
This is the link to the story in my post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAA9-QzRzf8&feature=related
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